The rapid expansion of social pensions in emerging economies over recent decades has been one of the defining features of global social assistance policy. This paper aims to assess the case for a significant...
Type: ReportReport#: 204723Date: September 25, 2025Author:
O'Keefe, Philip ;
Rongen, Gerton
Studies indicate that climate change increased the accumulated rainfall volume by 6 percent to 9 percent in extreme events in Rio Grande do Sul in 2024. There has been increased frequency and intensity...
Type: BriefReport#: 204694Date: September 24, 2025Author:
Teixeira, Raquel
The Amazonia Viva GCF Program is a transformative initiative aimed at safeguarding the ecological and social integrity of the Amazon biome. Spanning seven countries—Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador,...
Type: ReportReport#: 204720Date: September 24, 2025Author:
World Bank
In 2023, the Poverty Global Department launched an initiative to take stock of this
growing body of knowledge. What did we know about which real-time monitoring (RTM) approaches worked best in different...
Type: ReportReport#: 204710Date: September 24, 2025Author:
World Bank
African migration is a story of movement spurred by the pursuit of economic opportunities near and far, the quest for safety and security, the urgent need to escape environmental hardships, and the pull...
This paper includes the following headings: flood damage in recent years; architectural adaptation to flood hazards and the shift in flood-control policy; flood control measures for school facilities;...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 204689Date: September 24, 2025Author:
World Bank
Migration in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region is growing in importance, shaped by workers seeking opportunities abroad and governments implementing policies to meet skills needs and stimulate economic...
Type: ReportReport#: 197004Date: September 24, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Women’s Economic Empowerment in Bangladesh: An Evidence-Guided Toolkit for More Inclusive Policies report provides an examination of gender disparities in economic empowerment in Bangladesh. It aims...
Type: ReportReport#: 204690Date: September 24, 2025Author:
Vyborny, Katherine Helen Anne ;
Aggarwal, Pulkit ;
Amaral, Sofia ;
Gaddis, Isis ;
Manzur, Shirleen ;
Pereira, Isabela Salgado-Silva ;
Swanson, Kendal Marie ;
Tran, Viet
The occurrence of unexpected shocks, such as natural disasters, that destroy physical capital could affect the perception of returns to investment in human capital. This paper tests this hypothesis using...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11220Date: September 24, 2025Author:
Doumbia, Macoura ;
Walque, Damien de
Technology has continually reshaped work, driving economic, social, and political change across human history, and novel AI technologies are the latest in this trajectory. From the Neolithic Revolution...
Type: ReportReport#: 204668Date: September 23, 2025Author:
Cheng, Calvin ;
Chong, Hanson ;
Dornan, Matthew ;
Binti Jasmin, Alyssa Farha
This paper estimates the gender gap in the performance of firms in Peru using representative data on both formal and informal firms. On average, informal female-led firms have lower sales, labor productivity,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS111218Date: September 23, 2025Author:
Celiku, Bledi ;
Ubfal, Diego Javier ;
Valdivia, Martin
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) risks in energy operations arise across both the demand and supply sides of the sector. On the demand side, limited access to energy, particularly lighting and clean...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 204682Date: September 23, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper studies the impact of geopolitical risks on international trade, using the Geopolitical Risk (GPR) index of Caldara and Iacoviello (2022) and an empirical gravity model. The impact of spikes...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11219Date: September 23, 2025Author:
Mulabdic, Alen ;
Yotov, Yoto V.
The vision for the ASM Academy is to create a place where miners will hear miners’ voices and recognise the questions and challenges that miners face and the practical solutions they are proposing. Miners...
Type: ReportReport#: 204656Date: September 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
Newspapers often tell the story of the worst side of safety and health of small-scale miners. But as we asked for stories from miners across Delve Exchange, we were inspired by the many ways our fellow...
Type: ReportReport#: 204658Date: September 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
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